Gun sight



l. G. WAGNER July 9, 1935.

GUN SIGHT Filed March 14, 1954 wl-lfj /z J @d E z5 5 Z 21 a jaw ,Patented July 9, 1,935

FHM-2,007,437 GUN sleur .Y Y e e Irving: Gr Wagner,V Waukegan, Ill., assignoroff 4 one-half to ,JacoblJrDietmeyen Waukeganplll.

Y Application March i4, 1934, serial N9. 115,435 6V c1aims.,(o1. `esfera This invention in general relates to a gun .sight l andis moreparticularly concerned with a gun l sight which may be easilyand simply attached` @to agun toserve as an adjunct tothe permanent sight thereof, particularly in the case of shot-y `guns..'

Shotgun's'as manufactured at the present time are provided only with the `usual rear sight Aand falbeadsightcatthe muzzle of thebarrel. 'Ihese 1sights,` due to the fact `that agreat'deal of snap shooting is done With shotguns, have proved to lbeinadequatel since it is diieult to quicklyand properlyalign bothsights.

Inan' endeavor to provide for the quick align-v ment fof the Vsightsfesome 'Shotguns have been provided with a `rib Which extends the'entire` Vlength alongl the topi of the barrel'. This rib,

' ,however, Vis very expensive, s

vention` contemplates the' Iprovision -of an auxilsights which are furnished as 7a permanent part of the guni- As an additional object, the presentinvention Y ,contemplates a "sight of improved construction l eo incorporating means Whichvvill enable the sight `to be quicklyand easily attached to e the gun barrel without theA use of to'ols, Y 4

A fcurtherrooject `or" the` present invention resides lin" theprovisionfof a" pin-sight=`having mounting means whereby the-sight maybe easily and quicklyreplacedin the event that it should become brokenl or injured'in any manner.

' "Another object of the invention is to providefa A"gun" sight which is so constructed as to be a'ma-v iterialaidin quickly sighting the gun, particiilarlyv in the case of snap'shooting.

To thisen'dyit isl proposed to provide a clampin'g band having a slidably removable section as a partthereof, this section; being connectedto 'e l thegbandproper in such a manner that when the ,lates tocause thebandto clampingly engagethe fgun barrel. Y, The pin-sight and grooves for aiding in the propersighting' of the-gun are carried by sectionuis slipped intoplace," the connection operl e theremovable sectionfo'f the'` band. Y

' `inventionltvill morefully appear from the followingdetailed description taken in connection with the' accompanying drawing Which`1illus`- Other objects andladvantages fof the present trz'itesfaA `single einbodimentfthereof, and in e the improved sight of this invention.

, my invention proceeds.`

Figure 1 is an elevaticnjoi agun" having the sight of the present inventionmounted thereon;

Figure 2` is anrenlarged fragmentary view'in elevation tomoreclearlyshow thesight of this i invention in clamped position en the gncbarrel;

Figure 3 is' an enlarged fragmentary plan View showing the parts of the sight, of this yinvention at the beginning of the operation forclampin'g the sight. to the gun barrel;V

Figure N4. is an enlarged transverse sectional View taken through thegun barrel Withthesight mounted thereon, torm'ore clearlyshow themanner in which thepa'rtsoi the vclamping band` are secured together; and

Figure 5 is'a longitudinal section taken through the removable section. ofthe clamping-band 'of `As.V shown on the drawing;

y Inthe' illustrated embodiment of the present invention, there is shown in Figure 1 avrepeating type shotgun of the usual construction having thel customary magazine I0 for shells and barrel H. The fsight of my invention, which is generally jacent the forward end of the shell magazine.` It

" li-0014321 f indicated at"i2 ,is` clampedvto thel gun barrel` 'ad- Will be appreciated that While the gun sight of the Y present invention has kbeen illustrated in connection with a shotgun, it will be apparent toL one skilled in the art that the inventionmay' with Vequal facility be .appliedto and utilized with advantage in other typesof guns.

, The gun sight isk Asecured tothe gun barrel by means of av clamping band which is generally' indicated at I3.' This band is composed oiga band proper portion i4 Vand a removable Section' l5 `which is slidably .engaged by the ends of theband portion ille.` ,I e

The band portion proper M is of jcurvediorm 'seas to fit ,around the outersurfacel of the gun barrel and at each end is providedvithanfoiset Y. marginal portion l 6 which is'turned back to" form aspaced `flange Il. Referring toFigure 2 it will befobserved that'the offsetmarginl With'the inwardlyand turned back flange Il do not gzte'nd solas to be Vat.'rigl1tl angles relative to lthe, rear edge I8 and front edge Igfof the band portion proper lli, butV isv carriedobliquely thereacross so that'thel circmnferential kdistance Vbetvveefnithe fflangesfll-i'l at the rear edge IBof the portion |74 is lessthan Vthe like distance betweenfthese if'flange'sat" the edge i9 of the portion; *Thep'urlposeof theparticular construction just described Will be more fully'apparent as thedeseriptionrof Theremovable section lrlofthe cla-mpingbad eso A section I5 is Vthen pushed rearwardlyuntil in the isprovided at each lateral margin with a turned back and spaced ange 20 which is arranged to slidably interlock with the associated ange of the portion I4, the flange 20 being'insertable between the flange II andthe oiset marginal portion I6 at each of the connections betweenthe removable section I5 with the main section proper I4 of the clamping band. l y Midway between the lateral edges ofthe. section I5, this't section is. ..provided with an upstanding rib 2| which-may be stamped or otherwise formed in the section I5. Referring to Figure 2, it willjbeA observed that this rib is upwardly inclined from thelrear of the clamping band'to'the forward portion thereof, and is at the same time tapered as shown clearly in Figure 3. A

Adjacent the forward end of: this' rib and'on the longitudinal center line fthereofgthere -is disposed an upstanding pin 22 which serves as a pin-sight in anywellknown ,manner, but it has been found preferable toj'provide the 'pin with a beveled head as illustrated at 23 and use.a cement orlike composition'for vholding the'pin in place. With this arrangement, the pinmay bevery easily replaced, should thesamebecome broken or damaged for .any rason.` `v' Iheiupper surface of the rib 2 I vis provided with a plurality of longitudinally extending grooves .whichare arranged converging relationship, thesegrooves converging'at ther forward end of the rib. The, longitudinally extending `"grooves arepals'o' intersected by. rightangularly disposed grooves 25 which it will be'observe'dare more .closely V spacedas they approach thejorward end f,of the rib. f Y

Thel vpin-'sight is preferably made of brass, ivory, or some other, materialhaving a 'color to .,form, a distinguishing contrast with theclamping ...ban-dialed. rib, which.v are preferably constructed of, blue. or brown colored'metal The taper of the rib` 2I, the converging` grooves .thereon and the transverse grooveswhich are more closely spaced toward'the-1iorward end ofV therib, cooperate to convey the idea of distance and establish a vanishingy point which will mate- 'riallyaid in aligning thesightsOf the gun. y

.The gun sight of myv invention is easily and ;quicklyapplied to the gunbarrel. Thisris accomplished by first disconnecting the section I5 from the sectionA I4, -afterwhich the ysection I iscplaceduaroundr the lower vportionothe gun bar relfat. the point where it isdesired toafix the sight. lThe endopposte lthe pin-sight end of section .`I5 is then inserted at the forward edge I9 of .section l, the angesoi the twosections being interlo'cked as shown in Figure 4. c

.Holding the section I4 kagainst. movement, the

,position shown in Figur'eQZ. [During the movegment ofsectionV I5in a rearwarddi'rection, Vit will be evident thatdue tothe oblique naturefofthe 'iange I'I,=the sections will more vrnily grip the serted position. f

. From'theforegoing description it will beY apn parent that ,this invention provides an -improved ffl-0 vI auxiliary sight for agunwhich is simp1ein-`con` struction v and -which is :inexpensive as compared to:` 'the' present. vform :of auxiliary y, sights; 1 which may., quicklyvv and f. easily be"z attached without the usegof tools; 24which is so .constructed -as to.. Ina- Iterially-aidin lthenuick aligning 0f the stehts such as required in snap,shootingigandga gun @Sishteoftheipintype:whichis soisnonntedeas to This pin may be securecliin position c vof said barrel, said rib being-upwardly; inclined gun barrelas thesection approaches fully inpermit the pin-sight tobe easily replaced in the event that itshould become broken or damaged Aa raised rib on said'band extendinglongitudinally of said barrel, said rib being lupwardly inclined lfrom breech to muzzle and tapered in width towards the muzzle end of the gun barrel, and sighting-means positioned on said rib adjacent its uppermost end.

2. An auxiliary sight for a gun comprising a band adapted to clampingly engagea gun barrel, a raised rib on said band extending longitudinally from breech to vmuzzle Vandtapered in width to- Wards the muzzle end oftheV gunbarrel, and

band adapted to clanipingly engage a gunbarrel,

a raised rib on said band, said ribbeing ,upwardly inclined and tapered in width towards Ythe lmuzzle end of the gun barrel, andrsightingmeanspositioned on said rib, saidmeans including .aV pinsight at the raised end of said rib, a, pluralityl of L groovesextendinglongitudinally of the uppersurface of the rib and converging towards, said p insighting means positioned on saidrrib, saidmeansf rib 3Aand con# sight, and a pluralityof transversely extending grooves intersecting the longitudinal grooves; the transverse grooves .being more l closely spacedg-at the converging ends of the longitudinal grooves. U,flelAn auxiliary sghtior a. gun comprisin'gwa bandr adapted to `be clamped to -a gun barrel, a

raised rib on said band, said rib being upwardly inclined and tapered inwidth towards the muzzle with the removable section; therein .beingpf such Vcircun'iference as tol tightly grip the.; barrel,

whereby movement of saidsection vtowards the f" smalll end-fof the band-causesthe bandrjtoclampingly grip the barrel, andV sight means carriedsby saidband.

16. A dei/106m". th .character:describedfcompr. sing va band .'adaptedjto; extendffaroundaargun barrel, a removabletaperedsectionp'infsaid band,

the band proper, whereby movementcointhestasitionin fthebandfwill cause thebandtozclamping- IRVING IG. WAGNER interlocking slip iianges f connecting,gtheilateralV -j edgesA of saidv section; with the; associatedreclges of 

